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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy dress-hook (c. 1500-c. 1600). Read 2008: 54-55, Class C, Type 3.The back-plate and most of the hook are missing.The piece is deeply hollow and has a convex front. In plan, prior to being damaged, it would have been of trapezoidal shape. The width at the top (assuming that the hook is uppermost) is 11.6mm and the width at the bottom is 10.0mm. At the front on each long side there is a rebate. Between these rebates is a longitudinal zone of cross-hatched grooves, in low relief and defined by a pair of parallel transverse ribs at the top and the bottom, although the top ones are only just visible. The incomplete hook at the top of the object is in the form of a stub.The object is reddish brown and there is no trace of any surface treatment. The break is old.Length: 23.5mm; width: 11.6mm; thickness: 11.7mm. Weight: 3.63g.Notes:This dress-hook belongs to a class of three-dimensional novelty reproductions of everyday household objects. This example appears to represent a lantern.For information on Tudor dress-hooks, see: Gaimster, D. Hayward, M. Mitchell, D and Parker, K. 2002. "Tudor Sliver-Gilt Dress-Hooks: A New Class of Treasure Find in England". The Antiquaries Journal. 82. 155-196. London: Society of Antiquaries.Also see: Thornton, D and Mitchell, D. 2003. "Three Tudor Silver Dress-Hooks". The Antiquaries Journal. 83. 486-491. London: Society of Antiquaries.Gaimster, D., Hayward, M., Mitchell, D. and Parker, K., 2002. 'Tudor silver-gilt dress-hooks: A new class of Treasure finds in England'.Thornton, D. and Mitchell, D., 2003. Three Tudor Silver Dress Hooks.Read, B. 2008. Hooked Clasps and Eyes. Portcullis Publishing. Langport.
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